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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MANEY, s11, on GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS.

PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,143, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed February 12, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY MANEY, Sr., of the county of Guadalupe and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement on the Machine known as a Pump, .and used for raising water and all other fluids heavier than air; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in whih Figures 1 and 2 are vertical sections of the pump, showing the cylinder and air-chamber slightly separated. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the pipe which may be used in connection with my pump. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bottom plate of the air and water chamber.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my pump of cast, wrought, or galvanized iron, or of wood, or of any material that has been or can be used in the construction of a pump. I determine the size of my pump-barrel and pipe by the volume of water to be delivered within a given time, with the view to obtain the volume required and to avoid friction in the pipe as much as possible.

In Fig.,1, M is the pump-barrel. Z is the plunger. N is the valve, opening upward, and P is pipe connected with pump-barrel. Now, if I should be required to deliver through spout in Fig. l a quart of water at each upstroke of the plunger Z, I would make the pump-barrel M large enough to hold the plunger and its rod (up to the spout) and one quart of water, and the upstroke would extend from bottom of pump-barrel, Fig. l,to spoutin same figure. Now let the pipes P P be brought together. j

In Fig. 2,A is a vessel .to contain water below and air above. That portion of this vessel containing airIca-ll the air-chamber, and thatportion containing waterthe water-chamber. P is the pipe extending from pumpbarrel into the air and water chamber A, and reaching down sofar as to allow the valve V to open up sufficiently for the infiowing of the water outside of the vessel A when the pump is in operation, and extending about three inches above the top of vessel A,Fig. 2. B is circularbottomfiastened to air and water chamber A by four bolts, D.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bottom of circular plate B, and of L, the lever attached to the bottom of this circular plate for the purpose of raising the valve V. F is the fulcrum of' this lever. L is an enlarged portion of this lever, intended to prevent the perpendicular fall of water out of vessel A and pipe P P, so that the pump may be emptied and the water remain clear and good. Qisaprojectingknob upon L, for the purpose of raising the valve V. G is the end of this lever, where a wire or string is attached, passing up to the bottom of the pump-barrel within reach of the operator. 0 is a flan ge-on vessel A, to which the circular plate B is attached by four bolts, as shown in Fig. 4. The dotted lines in Fig. 4 show the lever underneath the circular plate B in Fig. 2, and the circle inside the dotted circle shows the valve hole or opening in bottom of circular plate B in Fig. 2. Now, the air and water chamber being explained, and the size of the pump-barrel and pipe established and fixed, and the air and water chamberbeing connected by the pipes P P with the pump-barrel M, I will now determine and fix the size of the air and water chamber or vessel A, allottin g to the air-chamber its space and to the water-chamber its space in the vessel A in Fig. 2. Before attaching A- by means of its pipe P to P, I remove the plug E, secure the valveV against leaking, and pour into vessel A enough water to reach just above the end of pipe P in vessel A, andin addition thereto one-half a quart, thus making the capacity of vessel A a little more than one quart and a half. I then stop the hole in top of vessel A with plug E, and connect vessel A by means of its pipe P with pipe P. Now vessel A is put into the water until its top is covered, or deeper, if desired, and the operation of pumping begins. The water in pipe P is now on a level with the water on the outside of the vessel A, and the air in the air-chamber is slightly compressed by the short column of water in pipe P. Now, if the pump-barrel with its plunger and rod, Fig. 1, be connected by means of its pipe P with pipe 0 at 2 in Fig. 3, the vessel A be connected by means of its pipe P with pipe 0 at '1 in Fig. 3, and the dotted lines in Fig. 3 be understood as the means of extending or shortening pipe 0, then, when the upper point of the spout in pump-barrel M is level with the upper pointof the bentpipe connecting 0 and O, and the highest point in vessel A is on a level with the lowest point of the bent pipe connecting pipe 0 with pipe 0, we will then have three columns of water of equal length within the distance that the water IS required to be raised. Now, these three pipes, containing three times the volume of water contained in one pipe of one-third their length, and requiring no more force to be set in motion than is required to move the water in pipe of onethird their length when moved with the same velocity that one column of water in pipe moves from vesselA to spout,the moving force will be three times as much as it would be if we used but one pipe from vessel A to spout in pump-barrel,and three times as much water will be delivered at spout, and the upwardmoving force of these three columns will bring into vessel A three times as much water as when one pipe extending. from vessel A to pump-barrel M is used. Now, it we use live,

seven, nine, or any odd number of pipes in the manner indicated above, we will obtain a volume of water and a moving force in proportion to the number of pipes used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a pump, the combination of the cylinder M, piston Z, pipes P P, and chamber A, provided with valve V and screw E, with the lever which is pivoted to the under side of the chamber and provided with the projection Q, and the cord or wire for raising the lever, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a pump, the combination of the piston and pipe I, the air and water vessel A, provided with the screw E, pipe P, valve V, lever 1;, provided with the projection Q, with the pipes 0 O 0", substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I atlix my sign lture in presence ot'two witnesses.

HENRY MANNY, SR.

Witnesses:

W. I. II. DoUGL/lss, WILLIAM DUNN. 

